The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the chairmen of the bishops' migration and international policy committees urged Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly to defer deportation of Chaldean Christians and others arrested June 11.
USSCB Summer 2017: The U.S. bishops voted June 15 to make the Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty a permanent standing committee.
U.S. bishops made it clear during their annual spring assembly that their efforts are focused on "ensuring the fundamental right of medical care" for all people.
Distinctly Catholic: Change comes to the U.S. bishops' conference slowly, but the latest meeting shows that it is indeed coming.
The 14th annual report on diocesan compliance with the U.S. Catholic Church's "Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People" shows church leaders have taken steps to help many find healing.
Local law enforcement and local jurisdictions should not be required to enforce federal immigration law, said Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, USCCB president.
Many religious leaders viewed President Donald Trump's executive order on religious freedom, which he signed in a White House Rose Garden ceremony May 4, as a step in the right direction.
Catholics by the thousands joined their bishops who lead the state's 15 dioceses at the Texas Capitol as one voice advocating for a number of issues as legislators met April 4.
Despite recent and repeated terrorist attacks against Egypt's minority Christian communities, Pope Francis will not cancel his visit to Egypt.
Fr. Tom Reese's essay looks at rural and blue-collar voters and the big-city billionaire they put into office. Will they now expect him to keep his promises?
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